To move or not to move…and if so, where?
Yesterday’s confirmation of my suspicion that I won’t be able afford to stay in my home after I retire is disturbing ... d better find a place sooner than later. No one will lend a house-sized chunk of money to an old lady ... . The city stands down off the property taxes in the historic district (the locals consider a house [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 15:39:44
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What was in the box
Three days ago I let my art director husband be a guest blogger here and he rhapsodized about his favorite bookstore in LA, Hennessy & Ingalls ... tells the stories of ten local houses and their non-conformist owners – some famous landmarks ... moving in in droves, taking advantage of cheap rents and the city’s youthful, anything goes [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 09:44:11
But, but…it’s organic!
Michael Pollan was on “Fresh Air” yesterday, and as usual, I was left nodding my head in agreement with everything he said, ... locally. Yes, the world is not well-served by huge feedlots and monocrop farming. Sure, the White House ... to local food banks. Yes, let’s consider the rising cost and toxic fallout of fossil fuels [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 13:49:23
Large Local Difficulties
One of this blog’s most avid readers writes to me that:"You are entirely correct about student landlords and council tax ... earner during term time. The losers are the local community, who suffer rapid house price inflation ... ."As a comment on a previous post pointed out, the restoration of the rates in all but name was paid [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 21:12:00
Treating Forex As A Business
by Rod Soto Many people assume that Forex is another get rich scheme ... a business. What does this mean? Consider the act of opening a local business near your house ... like opening a coffee shop near your house. First off, you should only invest with money that you truly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:16:54
Renting a piece of mid-century modernism
You can live like the Rat Pack -- if you are willing to shell out anywhere from $300 to $2,600 a night ... that helped revolutionize the way Americans lived and played. Out went stuffy Victorian parlors; in came ... three-bedroom house designed by local architect William Cody in 1964 has a demure flat-roof-and-steel [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 19:11:56
Of Municipal Mergers and Clientalism
Well, well, this looks like a rather promising addition to the broader arguments against a "silent majority" just waiting to gallop to the LDP's rescue in the next House of Representatives election.ABSTRACT - Although local political elites constitute the cornerstones of national party organizations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:39:00
"An Old Hometown Mentor, Still at Obama’s Side"
AT HIS RIGHT HAND Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett getting lunch last week in Chicago. Ms. Jarrett took Mr ... spots, the history, the context.”In January, Ms. Jarrett will go to the White House as a senior adviser ... , who is a co-chairwoman of Mr. Obama’s transition effort, will also serve as the White House contact for local [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 16:15:00
9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World
We already know the networking and business benefits of using Twitter ... Warnings About to leave the house? Check those local twitter warnings to see if anything bad is going ... for a conference? Book one with a Twitter friend (or stay at their house). Don’t have anyone to go skiing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:52:06
Barack Obama's big foreign trip a secret at home, well-known abroad
While the Barack Obama Democratic presidential campaign keeps the dates of its upcoming international trip a tightly-guarded secret from American ... in Europe. The campaign had already disclosed plans to travel to Iraq and Afghanistan, though ... with denying the Clintons their White House inheritance by visiting such exotic locales as Bloomington [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 22:36:04
Simple Woman's Daybook
Stop by Peggy's today to join in The Simple Woman's Daybook ... and I went on a field trip. I told them we were going to get out of the house today. One of our local nature centers had a nature walk to an old sink hole which is now a lake. We did a lot of walking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 01:32:08
Sounds like OUR kind of Republican - pointing fingers regardless of the party
There are times that Doug and I are not always all that welcome within Republican circles locally. Why? ... her. So bitter are House Minority Whip Roy Blunt and Sen. Kit Bond at Ms. Steelman's attack ... . Ms. Steelman is clearly doing something right. Her sin is in fact to belong to that new mold [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 08:23:52
Upcoming Austin Bike Culture Events- 11/20 - 11/30
Once again with ATXBS as our guide, here’s a quick rundown of upcoming bike culture events around Austin ... out this great local shop. Drungo Ice House Cyclist Appreciation Day 5- 10 PM, Drungo Ice House, 29th & Rio Grande The fine folks at Drungo Ice House will be having this party to celebrate [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 17:06:17
Chapter 84: Epilogue
Captain Don’s death and funeral is the most momentous development since the war ended three years ago. Gone too are Lut, Hala and Nafi ... from the local Waffle House found them. Saying a little prayer, she wrapped their tiny bodies in maple-syrup [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 11:34:00
Menu Swap January 12th: Locally grown, raised or made
We are working on our way to become true localvores. We are at heart ... to choose from that are local and in our house right now: Leelanau Raclette cheese; Leelanau fromage blanc; Farm Country Cheese House aged sharp cheddar cheese from Lakeview; garden canned tomatoes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 22:47:04
Holiday Safety Tips
The Christmas holiday is one of the most anticipated times of the year ... you and yours this season. Safety Tips Around the House Before traveling, contact your local law enforcement agency and ask to have your home placed on “vacation watch.” Most municipalities offer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 19:00:38
Time to Refinance?
It’s a good thing I don’t have a job! Or else I’d be refinancing again… I think in the past 7 years, we’ve had 3 houses, and at least 8 mortgages! ... . Local banks and credit unions. I found a dirt cheap rate for some friends in the Milwaukee area [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:29:45
Our New Home
For those of you who have been wondering, we're in our new house at last! ... the narrow street from us is a car repair shop (ironically housed in what used to be the local parish church, with a steeple and all), so the kids have lots to watch: workers, roosting doves, neighbors’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 09:15:00
Old and New
Hello all, Last week I set off to visit the village of Nok Dara with two female teachers as my guides ... me to another remote village called Puchowk to say Mass in a local house. I had heard [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 20:41:35
Simple Kitchen Remodeling Suggestions For People On A Budget
For all those individuals who love cooking and eating their dinners in the comfort of their own home, ... on the top of your counter. At the local discount store for the house, you are certain to discover [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:40:28
Obama should help local housing
... , Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Here are some of their comments: • Dick Gaylord, Long Beach broker and 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 20:24:10
Some days you gotta dance
You know the best way to keep yourself warm when the temperatures are in the single digits and you don't have someone to snuggle with? ... friends to a local bar in a really cool old Victorian house. Every Thursday night (which used [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:56:00
Is The Water Running? Corporate Water Footprints
water-foot-888.jpg by Karen Losee Next time you visit your local Starbuck's coffee house make sure the water isn't running. Starbuck's recently suffered a major public relations nightmare [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:53:35
Local Market Observations!
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Lower prices? “Orange County’s median home sale price dropped to $291,500 in July, down 11.2 percent from a year ago, according to data released Monday by the Orange County Association of Realtors. ‘We’ve been averaging a 1 percent drop per month,’ said Chris Scibelli, president of OCAR [more...]
Date: 2008-08-16 17:43:06
Unrest in Eastern Europe Grows
From The Observer. The article notes that "Another problem in Romania, as elsewhere in the region, is that many new middle-class house owners have taken out mortgages in euros. With local ... dependent on Eastern European demand for its capital and consumer goods, and that the longer Germany stays [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 20:09:26
Local Market Observations!
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Speculation? “Peter - not his real name - had his dream. Five years ago, he and his wife sold their bungalow in south-west England for £270,000. They used half of the proceeds to buy a house in Britain for their two sons, and reserved half [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 17:38:19
Green Tour: Green with an Abundance of Artistic Style
(Hello again to Trent, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team ... efficiency, local materials, and the most compelling, that eventually the house will melt right back ... thing you'll notice about Gary's house is that it's filled with artistic touches. For example, his clay [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 21:00:00
Posts about Home Supply as of January 16, 2009
Why Replace When You Could Save on Cabinet Refacing? - remodeling24hours.com 01/15/2009 remodeling your kitchen can be very costly and time-consuming. That’s why many ... of the local television stations located here in Phoenix, Arizona Chapman House Inc. - lex-calm.blogspot.com [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:38:15
Paying Others to Provide a Service: When Is It Frugal?
... out of the house for a while as the other parent gets to the job of cleaning. In both cases, cleaning takes ... an hour), a local woman (or her assistant) will come to your house and perform some housecleaning tasks [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 17:00:19
Local Market Observations!
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Builder incentives? “D.R ... All Square neighborhoods are gated and feature floor plans from 1,071 to 1,400 square feet with two ... home, a duplex in south Harrisonburg. For the Hartins, who have been married for two years [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 17:02:59
Sightline Daily top picks 12/29/2008
Sightline Daily top picks 12/29/2008 Posted on December 29, ... credit freeze and local housing glut, are looking into government or foundation grants to help [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:41:24
1979: January 13-19
Not just bunging on an act! Cop Shop's Detective Danni Francis spends her time putting criminals behind bars, ... . Sesame Street Australian-style Children's TV programming could receive a boost with plans for a big-budget locally produced series this year. Great Treasures Marketing, a book distribution house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:21:00
Need Doesn’t Change Value In Florida
The News Journal reports from Florida. “The glut of unsold real estate on the local market has begun to shrink, but that doesn’t mean more houses are getting sold. The inventory of homes, condominiums, businesses and lots being marketed by agents in Volusia and Flagler counties hit a record 9, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 13:38:38
I ♥ My L.C.S.
This summer I ♥ Comics returns to Blog@Newsarama. Each week comics creators, bloggers and fans discuss the things they love about the medium ... MARVEL ZOMBIES 3. He coordinates his various insidious plans for global domination through his web ... my local comics shop, Rocketship, which is a few short blocks from my house in beautiful Brooklyn, New [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 17:44:39
CARDIN BACKS BAILOUT OF US AUTO INDUSTRY
From the Office of Ben CardinThank you for contacting me about ongoing efforts in Congress to aid the ailing U.S. automotive industry ... and suppliers, repair shops, and dealerships, as well as significant revenues for local governments ... the companies' testimony and recommendations presented in early December, the House passe d H.R. 7321, the Auto [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 13:36:00
Land of Hope
The trouble with choral scholars, I find - apart from the fact that they can't hold their drink and are permanently skint - the trouble with choral ... start looking younger. You can forget the grizzled old faces of the county constabulary here ... to the local tea danson, or for a bite to eat at a Lyons Corner House. I myself, if I were blessed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:58:00
Italy’s Most Famous Drowned Town
Since Roman times, the towns of Graun and Reschen high in the Alps near the Italian-Swiss border had been occupied ... of Lake Resia, the remains of 163 buildings house fish and eels instead of people, accessible only ... . But in 1939, the local power company drew up plans for a dam that would give the area plenty [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:01:00
Review: Home Girl
Summary: After twenty years as a foreign correspondent in tumultuous locales including Rwanda, Chechnya, and Sudan, ... to her native New York City to house-hunt for the perfect spot while her Dutch husband, John, stays behind ... house was once a crack den and that “fixer upper” is an understatement. The building is a total [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 10:06:00
The Dirty Truth - A Personal Testimonial
I’m a big fan of testimonials. It’s pretty easy to find good things to say about a product when you are writing an ad ... their thoughts. My personal testimonial has to do with cleaning carpets. We have been in our house ... the drain. In the past, I have rented a Rug Doctor from the local grocery store. Knowing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:09:58
“Please Pass That Opened Can of Worms”; ~or~ Porter County Struggles to Unravel Years of Taxpayer Abuse
Watching corrupt local governments is a hobby of mine ... " to the tax code that a house next door to another on Jefferson Street in Valparaiso (like, for instance, my grandmother's) paid several thousand dollars in taxes annually, while the house next door [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 21:29:00
Interview with John Mooter, Chair of EarthSave Cincinnati
Finally it is here. President George W. Bush’s last day as President of the United States and the beginning of the newly elected Obama ... his campaign and you can feel the tension and yearning for something new in city after city. From house ... what their plans were for the Inauguration, I wanted to see how a local progressive organization felt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:19:14
Adviser eyes rough ride for O.C. coastal homes in 2009
Welcome to Eyeball 2009! This is our holiday gift to you: Two weeks of outlooks on local real estate conditions! ... meaningful price decline. So if you live in a house that was $600,000 — and it’s now $375,000 — [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 20:00:16
How to sell your home fast in a buyer’s market
As everyone should know by now, the housing market has tanked. The down market is discussed on the news, in our local and national papers, and is a popular topic for personal finance and investment blogs. A quick search of pfblogs.org returned more than 1,400 results for “housing market” [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 09:00:05
Celebrity Roundup: Alex Rodriguez, Truman Capote, Willem Dafoe, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and Matthew Perry
Alex Rodriguez’s house 181 E Sunrise Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33133 For sale: $14,876, ... Capote’s house 683 Daniels Ln, Sagaponack, NY 11962 See more Sagaponack real estate The former home ... considering a house with deep history in one of the Hamptons’ most-desired real estate locales [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 15:53:35
The Denver Adventure: Day 8 – A Heartland Sunday
If it’s Sunday in Kansas, it’s church day. Jan and her family members belong to a small local Baptist church and we attended the 11:00 am service. Prior to leaving the house, we were watching CNN’s coverage of Hurricane Gustav and the potential modifications being made by the Republican Party to their convention plans. I don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 05:48:02
Enjoy a Cup of Tea at the Mlesna Tea Castle
Long years ago, in 1867, a man from Scotland introduced a beverage to the locals, ... of which are now collectors items. As a forerunner in promoting the “tea-house” concept in Sri Lanka ... up in Kandy (Tea Fortress) in Kiribathkumbura. Two months ago, Mlesna opened it’s new Tea house at St [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:31
George Town, Exumas to Little Harbour, Abacos
Hi Everyone:Apologies to all from Brian, who has fallen way behind on our postings, but it seems there’s not enough time to keep moving, ... of “J.R.”, a local wood carver up the hill. His wood shop was in the back of his house [more...]
Date: 2008-05-09 19:12:00
Noodles Chill Out
Noodles Chill Out Lots of Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, and most can also be made at home. Learn how! ... American/Latin (13) Southwestern (3) Spanish (19) Steak House (24) Sushi (57) Tapas (11) Teahouse ... ; Phan's plans Food takes backseat to MarketBar's locale California's blue-ribbon cheeses [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 15:29:14
Building regulations (including historic preservation), religious freedom, and local and federal laws
Brutalist’ style: Members hope to replace this modernist building near the White House with a more welcoming church ... can be made, allowing for the demolition of historic buildings and their replacement. It's rare ... regulations.Today's Christian Science Monitor has a story, "'Historic' building versus religious rights [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 17:37:00
Oh Yum! - Built to Last
Book Title: Oh Yum! - Built to Last Author: Sierra Dafoe Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publisher URL: http://www.ellorascave ... as she loves the house and town, she doesn’t love the leaking roof, old wiring, leaning foundation ... repair quote a local contractor has given her. The only answer is to get another bid [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 11:33:25
